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offskooring

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how to best configure my MC playback
« on: August 15, 2021, 05:01:55 pm »

Let me preface this saying i have read about 2 hours worth of posts, searhing the wiki, and also google searching this and reading on other forums as well so I am getting a bit exasperated. Also, sorry for the giant photo attachment. I am super green to media center. I have a new Parasound Hint 6 and it says it's internal DAC supports up to 384kHz/32bit. I really want to make sure I am setting this up to get the best sound. I have a fair amount of SACD files (384/64). When playing these through core audio they are resampled to 48/32. It seems like a huge drop from 384 to 48, but then again i am green and may not even be comprehending the figures. Help or reassurance here would be very helpful.
Also, when I start MC, my MacBook audio switches from PARASOUND to internal and I just get the spinning wheel when i try to change back. It doesn't affect the playback to the Parasound so it may just be nothing to worry about, but i find it odd.

I included a photo of my screen to show the resampling and the internal speaker deal. Thanks all.
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Re: how to best configure my MC playback
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2021, 06:22:52 pm »

is it just a matter of setting bitstreaming to DSD?
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Re: how to best configure my MC playback
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2021, 03:53:34 am »

Make sure your DAC supports DSD and if it does make sure it supports DSD via DoP, because that's the only way to directly bitstream DSD on macOS to a DAC. If they do, then yes it's as simple as enabling DSD bitstreaming.

Otherwise you'll have to convert DSD to PCM, which is a lossy conversion.
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Re: how to best configure my MC playback
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2021, 08:54:26 pm »

thanks, it does work with bitstreaming dsd
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